The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-06
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In Brief
The Musical Festival Chorus will meet TO-
night and again on Thursday of this week There
is still room in the chorus for good singers. and
such will be welcomed by Professor Ernestinof.
The county board OF equalization will meet
this morning to organize. When that is done
they will probably ad iourn until the 18th inst,
the assessors returns are not ready for
them.
The commencement exercises OF the kinder
garten normal class will be held next Friday
night, in Tabernacle Church. Col Francis Par
kerr of the Cook County Normal School, will
deliver the address. Colonel Parker is one of
the foremost educators in the country.
Talbot Shipley. who was seriously cut by
Samuel Strawder on Indiana avenue, Saturday
night, suffered q great deal Yesterday, but the
physician thinks he will recover. Shipley is an
old soldier. and is generally known about the
city as Captain Shipley.
1t is expected that the conference committee
between the Board of Aldermen, which meets
to-day, will decide to fresco Tomllnson Hall be-
fore the meeting of the National Musical Con-
vention. The stalls sold for much larger sum
than was expected. and there is sufficient money
pay the expense Of the Improvement Inc
cost is less than 800.
GROCER KEETER's BIG Loss.
Joseph z. Keeter the West Washington street
grocer. lost his pocket book containing 1915. on
the street near his place of business Saturday.
He had drawn the money from bank but a few
hours before for the purpose of paying off some
bills.
LOVERS DISAGREE AND FIGHT.
John Taylor has been courting Ruth Snowden,
living East Ohio street, for some time. They
disagreed on Saturday night and engaged in
hand-to- hand fight. in which both were con-
siderably disfgured- They were arrested on the
charge of assault and battery.
ARREsTING DIsREPUrABLE WOMEN.
The class of disreputable women known as
from the police hereafter. Their number has so
increased and their conduct become notorious
that hereafter they to be arrested whenever
found upon the street. Captain Colbert and
Sergeant Quigiey arrested five of them on Satur-
day night
LECTURE ON 1.-THE TABERNACLE'
lecture on ''The Tabernacle" by Mr.. Carlos
A. Butler. will DO given at Roberts Park Sun
day school room this evening. There will be- no
charge for admission. Dir. Butler has made the
subject of THE Tabernacle and the Temple" q
special study, and has constructed the well
known model of ths tabernacle. His lecture will
be of great benefit to all Bible readers and Sun
day school workers.
UNSATISFACTORY TO THE CREDITORS
The unpaid and uncollected notes of the
Zschech receivership case pending in Room 2, Su-
perior court sold at auction at the south door
of the courthouse on Saturday. Five thousand
dollars IN paper brought less than 800 cash. A
good many OF the notes were bought by persons
interested. and the sale is not at all satisfactory
TO the creditors. They will ask Judge Howe to
have It set aside.
THE CASE OF CONVICT WARD
Captain Colbert and Sergeant Quigley think
they have been damaged by a statement pub
lshed in a city paper to the effect that Ward.
died in the northern prison q few days ago,
innocent of any crime. and that they were
responsible for his sentence. He was sent up
for ASSEMBLING and robbing a farmer on the Pen
deton pike, and, they say, acknowledged his
guilt on the witness stand.
DETERMINED TO KILL HIMSELF.
William Raney. of Roe street. who attempted
suicide Saturday evening by throwing him
self in front of train the Vandalia bridge
over White river, is still determined to commit
self-destruction. Late Saturday night he es-
capped from his house and went to the stable
where he put rope around his neck add was
getting ready suspend himself in air, when he
was discovered. Later he reached the barn the
second time, aud determined to hang nim
self. He is being kept under close surveillance.
and will probably be sent to the Insane Hos
pital to- day.
SHOT AT A SERVANT GIRL
The police have been endeavoring to keep quiet
a sensational affair that occurred on North Ten
nessee street one night last week. The son of
prominent citizen came home to supper late. and
while he was eating the servant girl began clear
ing away the dishes. He ordered her TO wait I'M
til he got through, and because she did not obey
he drew his revolver and shot at her. The ball
barely missed her head, and lodged in the wall
She prevented his shooting a second time by
grabbing his arm and taking the revolver away
from him. She notified the police of the affair,
but out of respect for the family no arrest was
made.
FIRE IN HADLEY's SHOE FACTORY.
There was a damaging fire in j. Wright Had
ley's shoe factory over the bolt works on South
Pennsylvania street, at o'clock last evening
The fire was first discovered by the tower watch
man, who turned in the alarm. When the fire.
men reached the building the roof was nearly
burned away and the flames had reached the
second floor, where the factory proper was
located. They were not long in extinguishing
the blaze but not until the stock OF shoes on
hand had been badly damaged. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The loss Is estimated at
$500 and is covered by insurance placed in
Gregory & Appels agency.
GRADUATION OF INsANE-HosPITAL ATTENDANTS.
The first annual commencement of the train
ing school for attendants of the Indiana Insane
Hospital will be held this evening at Sis o'clock.
| The graduates are Frances Talbot. Florinda
Fairfield, Mary Green. Mary Barley, Belle
Wade Mary Power Susie Commiskey, Emma
| Ryker, Victoria Haunchid. Mary McManus
| Lou Armistead. Nora Sullivan, Eva Armistead
| and Thomas B. Forrest The programme in
| cludes a violin and piano duet by Dr. Reyer and
Mrs Palmer. a vocal duet, Home of the Swal-
lows" by Miss Josie DAVIS and Mrs. Palmer,
| essays by Mrs. Frances Talbot and Mary Power,
an address by DR. Thomas. and the presentation
| of diplomas by Dr. Fletcher.
| CHALLENGE FOR CHESS MATCH
| The chess players Of Frankfort, represented
| by ". s. Haliock, w. H. Russell and Jas. T.
| Haskman have challenged the Indianapolis
! Chess Club to match of two Simultaneous
! games by correspondence. They say they pre-
| siime the Indianapolis club will defeat them,
| but don't believe they will be wound up on the
thirteenth move. The indianapolis club has &C
cepted the challenge. and have appointed the
following members on the committee to conduct
the game: Messrs. Guymau, Carr, Wilhelm.
Chambers, Warrington and Lang. The COM
| mittee made large, as the Frankfort players
require that all moves must be answered by re-